Craig Taylor

The animals were moved from a South Africa park in the hope they would be protected from poachers.
BBC News – Africa

Buyers at Hamleys in London decide in March what kids are going to want for Christmas.
BBC News – Business

The move follows the deaths of US-trained dogs due to negligence – one died of heat stroke.
BBC News – Middle East

Valparaíso’s mayor said the fire was started deliberately, and all firefighters had been deployed.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The comments at Christmas Eve Mass are seen as a reference to Church scandals, including sex abuse.
BBC News – Europe

The Royal Family will attend church a day after Prince Philip was discharged from hospital.
BBC News – UK

The billionaire Democrat said he didn’t know prisoners were hired to call voters on his behalf.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso has declared two days of national mourning after Tuesday’s attack on a base and town.
BBC News – Africa

The world’s second-largest economy will cut import duties on hundreds of goods from 1 January.
BBC News – Business

ToTok says it is a temporary technical issue and it will be back in the near future with more features.
BBC News – Middle East

At least 16 inmates are killed in fighting between gangs, two days after 18 died in another jail.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The journalist’s killing in Turkey by Saudi agents caused a major diplomatic crisis for the kingdom.
BBC News – Europe

The Love Island host’s boyfriend was found “covered in blood” after he dialled 999, a court hears.
BBC News – UK

The firm said a change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence after the 737 Max crisis.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ahmed Gaid Salah emerged as de facto leader after telling veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign.
BBC News – Africa

The company is recalling half a million washing machines but some MPs are calling on it to do more.
BBC News – Business

Dubbed the “Scar of Bethlehem”, the work shows Jesus’s manger by Israel’s separation barrier.
BBC News – Middle East

Tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz is Cuba’s first prime minister since Fidel Castro in 1976.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France’s president urges striking transport unions to call a truce “out of respect for families”.
BBC News – Europe

US suspect Anne Sacoolas has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
BBC News – UK